Motivating participation in online innovation communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-114

  Paulini, Mercedes ^a   Maher, Mary Lou ^a   Murty, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Collective intelligence; Online innovation communities; Product design

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCES; INNOVATION COMMUNITIES; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; NEW MEMBERS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE INNOVATIONS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84890906876     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2014.058388     Document Type: Article

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